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This is the new Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car, which was unveiled today.

The car, driven by WRC driver Matthew Wilson, will make its public debut as course car on the Rally of Scotland, which gets underway from Perth on Thursday night.

However, its future competition plans are unclear. Although it is eligible for outright honours in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and class honours in the WRC next year, Ford has no plans to run works cars. Instead, it will continue to campaign F...Read the full article

 fiesta s2000 - well after 25years, finally a ford rally car that looks good.

I am going to be the first to say the inevitable: Ford please make an RS that looks a bit like this. It looks amazing. KCrally, you're right, the best-looker since the Escort MkI.

 That will be the Honda then??

Come on guys - the Chief of M Sport is Malcolm Wilson, Matt's father.

I'd be a lot happier if they made these cars the replacement for WRC cars. They sound a lot better, there are far more manufacturers involved (and able to be involved) and there's a reasonable chance that up and coming drivers could get the budget to drive them.

But what do I know? The FIA (bunch of *#/££!!'s that they are) never listen to anyone other than the manufacturers...

  Information?

 

 Yay information. Lack of Fords plan to use the car ties in with my thoughts they wont be bringing out a flagship RS fiesta road car any-time in the foreseeable future. So its not in their interests. A RS Fiesta would be just too close in overall performance to the Focus RS

 

beachland2:

Lack of Fords plan to use the car ties in with my thoughts they wont be bringing out a flagship RS fiesta road car any-time in the foreseeable future.

No, I don't think we will see an RS, but I have heard from a reliable source that an ST could be on its way.